Antislavery violence
Subtitle: sectional, racial, and cultural conflict in antebellum America
By: edited by John R. McKivigan and Stanley Harrold.
Contributors: McKivigan, John R., 1949-; Harrold, Stanley.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press; Univ of Tennessee Pr
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Slave insurrections -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Violence -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Description: "During the sixty years preceding the Civil War, violent means were often used to combat slavery in the United States. In this collection of essays, ten scholars explore the circumstances in which such violence arose, the aims of those responsible for it, and its impact on events of the day. Reflecting a variety of perspectives and approaches, this is the first book devoted exclusively to this important subject."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-306) and index.
Table of contents: title: The scenes which are acted in St. Domingo: the legacy of revolutionary violence in early national Virginia / Douglas Egerton; title: Rebellion on the river road: the ideology and influence of Louisiana's German Coast Slave Insurrection of 1811 / Junius Rodriguez; title: Romanticizing slave revolt: Madison Washington, the Creole Mutiny, and abolitionist celebration of violent means / Stanley Harrold; title: Active vigilance is the price of liberty: Black self-defense against fugitive slave recapture and kidnapping of free Blacks / Carol Wilson; title: Fighting with breath, not blows: Frederick Douglass and antislavery violence / James Cook; title: Joshua Giddings, antislavery violence, and congressional politics of honor / James Brewer Stewart; title: Comeouterism and antislavery violence in Ohio's Western Reserve / Chris Padgett; title: The ladies of Lawrence are arming!: the gendered nature of sectional violence